Bathtub chair



May 12, 1931. T. A. SADUSKY ET AL 1,805,297

BATHTUB CHAIR Filed Oct. '7. 1929 I I N VEN TORS W4 jazz:

ATTORNEY.

Patented May 12, 1931 nuts-an rarest clerics THOMAS A. SADUSKY, ALBERT L. MABLOXVE, AND FRANK 13. MILLER, OF DENVER, COLOEADQ BATHEUB CHAIR Application filed Gotober 7, 1929. Serial No. 397,926.

Our invention relates to bath tub chairs, being selected to conform to the construction and more especially to bath tub chairs which of the tub. are adapted to hang on bath tub and whose Figure 4c is a fragmentary sectionv of our seat is at a higher level than the top of the chair and the hanger units shown in Figure 3.

1' tub, whereby a person may easily and safely The seat 1 as shown,is substantiallyflat and get into and out of the tub by use of the chair, round, for the reason that this provides the and is an improvement over the invention of cheapest seat that will give satisfactory Thomas A. Sadusky, whose patent applicaservice, though this chair is not restricted to tion was filed Feb. 26th, 1929, the Serial this particular type and form of seat. Any

1 Number being 342,892. other proper form and construction of seat The object of this invention is to provide may be employed so long as it is properly and a swiveled chair which, like the Sadusky insecurely attached to the base 2. ti ti n d above, 'rnay be easily, The base 2 is provided with the flange 3 M q ickl a d li bl tta h d a bath tub, which permits its attachment to the seat 1 by *but which because of details of its design and the screws 4. Any other proper method of construction is extremely cheap and simple to securing the seat 1 to the base 2 may be emmake, so that it may be sold at a low price, ployed, however, so long as it is cheap,reliable and sales resistance thereby overcome. and satisfactory. f

A further object is to provide such a chair The base 2 is provided with the hole 5 20 which is made of separate units all of which at the upper end of which is the counterare held together properly assembled, by sink (3. i one wing-nutted bolt. The assembly bolt 7 is provided with the g A further object is to provide such a chair head 8, the shoulder 9, the reduced diameter which because of its separate-unit construcportion 10, and the thread 11.

25 tion, may be assembled with different hanger The distance from the head 8 to the shoulunits, so that by the manufacture of several der 9 is greater than from the bottom of different designs of hanger-units, chairs may the countersink 6 to the bottom of the base 2. be assembled by the single wing-nutted bolt to The hook unit is composed of the hook fit any bath tub, regardless of its design, conplate 13 and the hooks 14, which are riveted,

struction, wall angle, or thickness. 7 welded or otherwise properly attached to i We attain the above objects by providing a and made integral with the hook plate 13.

'seat, a base properly attached to the seat and The hook plate is provided with a centrally in which a shouldered bolt is revolvably located aperture adapted to receive the pormounted, and by providing separate hanger tion 10 of the assembly bolt 7. 3

units composed of ahook unit and abrace unit The hooks 14- are covered by the hook covwhich are to be mounted upon the shouldered ers 15 Of rubber or other proper material bolt and clamped tightly together thereon that will not injure the surface ofthe bath against the bolt shoulder by. a wingnut tub, and will make noiseless contact therethr-eadedly mounted upon the bolt. with. I y

All of this is described in detailbelow and The brace unit 16 is provided with an aperis shown in the drawings, in which ture to receive the assembly bolt 7 and; is

Figure 1 is a side elevation of our bath tub bent to form a foot portion 17, which is prochair as it would appear when mounted on a vide'd with the contact piece 18, made of rubbath tub, only a fragment of which is shown. her or other proper material that will not in- Figure 2 is an end elevation of our chair jure the bath tub and will make noiseless and a fragmentary section of the tubshown contact therewith. I y in Figure 1. hen the units of the seat are to be as Figure 3 is an end elevation of our chair sembled', the lower end of the assembly bolt and a fragmentary section of a difierent form 7 is passed through the plate hook 13 of the of bath tub, the hanger units of the chair plate unit and through the aperture of the brace unit, and thewing nut 12 is then started upon the bolt 7 and is later tightened to clamp the hook and brace units in place with the hook plate bearing against the shoulder 9 of the bolt 7, as will appear below.

The hooks 14 are next placed over the top of the tub 19 and the nut 12 tightened which will cause the brace foot 17 to contact with the wall of the tub and hold the seat in position as shown in Figure 2. The brace 16 also contacts with the under edge of the roll of the tub which positively prevents the removal of the seat from the tub.

The bottom of the base 2 will rest upon the hook plate 13, which will space the bolt head 8 from the bottom of the countersink 6 and permit the seat to freely swivel, as shown in Figure 1.

Obviously the brace 16 may be placed upon the bolt 7 below the plate 13, if desired, with no particular change in results.

When a bath tub of different side wall construction or wall angle is encountered, a hook unit and covers having hooks and covers such as shown at 14' and 15 in Figure 3 and with a brace unit 17 and covers 18 may be employed, constructed to fit the particular bath tub in question.

When, as in Figure 3, there is no ledge, shoulder, or roll on the tub, under which the brace may fit to prevent removal of the seat from the tub, the nut 12 may be tightened after the units are assembled and the seat, hook and brace units as a rigid assembly may be mounted upon or taken from the tub without loosening the nut 12.

In sucha case the brace foot 17 may have an aperture 17" in which the upper end of the tie rod 20 may book. The lower end 21 of the tie rod hooks into the screw eye 22, which is screwed into the floor.

The turnbuckle 23 may then be adjusted so the seat will be as solidly held in place as it is by the construction shown in Figures 1 and 2.

The lower tie rod end 21 may be anchored in any other proper manner it the screw eye 22 is not used, so long as a strong and reliable fastening for the tie rod is provided.

The particular tie rod construction employed and the brace. 16 combine to form the brace unit for tubs with straight plain sides and to perform the same functions as are performed by the brace 16 of the rolled top tub construction. That is, the tie rod construction prevents removal of the seat from the tub.

The tie rod construction, however, need not be used unless it is so desired, since its only duty is to hold the seat down upon the tub and is not to furnish support.

But, regardless of the tub upon which the chair is to be mounted, and whether or not the tie rod construction is employed, the same seat, base, bolt and wing nut will be used in any case, so that only the hook and brace units need be made different for different makes and constructions of tubs.

And in any case when the seat is in use, the assembly bolt and the wing nut act to hold all the units rigidly together to form a strong and reliable seat that will easily swivel, and that can be manufactured at low cost and sold at a low price.

It will be seen that though our new chair does not have the screw mounting of the seat, it still performs the duty permitting a person to get into and out of a bath tub with safety; and the simplified construction and the separate unit design make this chair very attractive from the standpoint of the manufacturer who desires to market a bath tub chair to tit all forms, types, and kinds and constructions of tubs with the least possible expenditure in manufacturing equipment.

It will also be observed that this new design permits the chair to be mounted, if desired inside of the tub, by the provision of the proper hanger units.

Having now described our chair, what we claim as new, and desire to protect by Letters Patent, is as follows 1. In a chair adapted to be mounted upon the wall of a bath tub, a seat, a base attached to the seat and having a hole therethroughand forming therewith a seat unit, a headed assembly bolt in the hole of the base and extending downward below the base and provided below the base with a shoulder and a thread, a hook unit provided with spaced hooks adapted to book ever the top of the tub and with a hole adapted to receive the assembly bolt, a brace unit adapted to contact against the wall of the tub below its top and provided with a hole to receive the assembly bolt, and a nut adapted to screw on the assembly bolt and clamp the hook and brace units between itself and said shoulder on the assembly bolt.

2. A bath tub chair adapted to be iiuounted on a roll top bath tub composed of a pivotally mounted seat unit and a support, the support composed of a hook unit adapted to hook over the top of the wall of the tub and a brace unit adapted to bear against the wall of the tub below the top thereof and to contact the lower face of the said roll top, and an assembly bolt and nut adapted to assemble the three units while permitting free pivotal movement of the seat unit on the support, whereby the brace unit will hold the seat in position and prevent its removal from the tub.

3. A bath tub chair having a pivotally mounted seat and composed of a seat unit and a support, the support being composed of a hook unit adapted to hook over the top of the wall of the tub and a brace unit having means adapted to position the chair against either upward or downward movement, and

an assembly bolt and nut adapted to assemble the three units while permitting free pivotal movement of the seat unit on the support.

4. In a bath tub chair, the combination of a seat unit having an assembly bolt hole, a

- hook unit having spaced hooks adapted to hook over the top of the tub, and a brace unit adapted to bear against the wall of the tub below its top, and a shouldered assembly bolt and nut adapted to assemble said units and to clamp the hook and brace units securely together against the shoulder of the bolt while permitting free pivotal movement of the seat unit with respect to the other units.

5. In a bath tub chair adapted to be mounted upon the wall of a bath tub, the combination of means to hook over the top of the tub wall, means to rest against the said wall below its top, a seat having a bolt hole resting upon the two said means, a shouldered headed bolt passing through the hole of the seat and through the two said means and a nut on the bolt to clamp the two said means against the shoulder of the bolt.

6. In a bath tub chair adapted to be mounted upon the wall of a bath tub, the combination of a sup-port formed of an apertured hook unit adapted to hook over the top of the wall of the tub, and an apertured brace unit adapted to bear against the wall of the tub below the top thereof, an apertured seat unit mounted on said support, a shouldered, headed assembly bolt adapted to pass through the apertures of said units and a nut adapted to screw upon the bolt and clamp the hook and brace units against the shoulder of the bolt and pivotally mount the seat unit between the head and the shoulder of the bolt.

7 In a bath tub chair adapted to be mounted upon the wall of a bath tub, the combination of a support formed of a hook unit adapted to hook over the top of the ,wall of the tub, and a brace unit adapted to bear against the wall of the tub below the top thereof, a seat unit mounted on said support, and a headed, threaded, shouldered assembly bolt provided with a nut and adapted to clamp the hook and brace units securely together between the bolt shoulder and the nut and to provide a free pivotal connection between the seat and the other units intermediate the bolt shoulder and the bolt head.

8. In a bath tub chair having a pivotally mounted seat, the combination of a seat unit and a support, the support being composed of a hook unit adapted to hook over the top of the wall of the tub and a brace unit adapted to bear against the wall of the tub below the top thereof, and an assembly bolt and nut adapted to firmly assemble the other two units while permitting free pivotal movement of the seat unit on the support thus formed.

In testimony whereof we aifix our signatures. 

